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. 2012;60(5):395-402.
doi: 10.1080/07448481.2012.663842.

Development of a questionnaire to assess university students' intentions to use behavioral alcohol-reduction strategies

Erin E Bonar  1 , Erica Hoffmann, Harold Rosenberg, Elizabeth Kryszak, Kathleen M Young, Lisham Ashrafioun, Shane W Kraus, Erin E Bannon
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Development of a questionnaire to assess university students' intentions to use behavioral alcohol-reduction strategies

Erin E Bonar et al. J Am Coll Health. 2012.

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of a new self-report questionnaire designed to assess college students' intentions to employ 31 specific alcohol-reduction strategies.

Method: Students attending a large public university were recruited to complete alcohol-reduction, drinking history, and personality questionnaires online.

Results: Based on item-total correlations and principal components analysis, the authors eliminated 3 items and calculated average intention ratings across the remaining 28 items. The resulting scale had appropriate unidimensionality and excellent internal consistency. Correlations of intention questionnaire scores with measures of drinking history, alcohol outcome expectancies, sensation seeking, and impression management provided some support for criterion and discriminant validity of the questionnaire.

Conclusion: This questionnaire could be employed as an outcome measure to evaluate prevention programs and as a clinical tool to identify clients who have little intention to employ drinking reduction strategies in heavy drinking situations.

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